Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 89 53
Rank change year-on-year -22 -36 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,242 1,947 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.37% 2.89% 4.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 3.47% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 792 1,082 2,046
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -9.33% -
75th Percentile £92,625 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,123
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.40% +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,000 56,139 49,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 83.40% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,163 29,129 38,015
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 17 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -17 1,159 £75,000 +7.14% 1,253
London +11 678 £85,000 - 675
UK excluding London -63 523 £70,000 +7.69% 665
Work from Home -15 500 £72,500 +7.41% 873
North of England -26 199 £70,000 +14.37% 205
North West -2 126 £70,000 +14.37% 134
South East -83 116 £70,000 +3.70% 179
Midlands +33 72 £72,500 +11.54% 83
Yorkshire -31 60 £75,000 +22.54% 49
South West -56 52 £60,000 -4.00% 81
Scotland -47 45 £64,500 -0.77% 42
West Midlands +32 42 £70,000 +7.69% 47
East of England -11 36 £67,000 +3.08% 44
East Midlands +3 28 £76,000 +16.92% 35
North East -8 13 £52,600 -4.36% 22
Wales -6 6 £52,750 -4.09% 18
Northern Ireland -13 1 - - 18

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.50%) Confluence
3 27 (2.17%) Apache
4 26 (2.09%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (1.05%) CMS
7 12 (0.97%) Appian
7 12 (0.97%) JBoss
8 6 (0.48%) nginx
8 6 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.48%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.40%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.081%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 15 (1.21%) Maya
2 8 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.32%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.64%) SAP FS
3 7 (0.56%) Endur
3 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.081%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.081%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 670 (53.95%) AWS
2 579 (46.62%) Azure
3 204 (16.43%) GCP
4 176 (14.17%) Serverless
5 145 (11.67%) SaaS
6 133 (10.71%) GitHub
7 119 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (6.76%) Amazon EKS
9 75 (6.04%) Amazon S3
10 66 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
12 56 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (4.19%) PaaS
15 44 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
16 41 (3.30%) Power Platform
17 39 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
18 32 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
19 31 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 31 (2.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.89%) Network Security
2 9 (0.72%) HTTP
3 8 (0.64%) Firewall
4 7 (0.56%) AMQP
5 5 (0.40%) WAN
6 3 (0.24%) Broadband
6 3 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.16%) DNS
7 2 (0.16%) LAN
7 2 (0.16%) Multicast
7 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.081%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.081%) MQTT
8 1 (0.081%) SNMP
8 1 (0.081%) SSL
8 1 (0.081%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (14.49%) NoSQL
2 165 (13.29%) PostgreSQL
3 154 (12.40%) MongoDB
4 132 (10.63%) SQL Server
5 92 (7.41%) Relational Database
6 62 (4.99%) DynamoDB
6 62 (4.99%) MySQL
7 51 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 47 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
9 34 (2.74%) Big Data
10 33 (2.66%) RDBMS
10 33 (2.66%) Redis
11 25 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (1.45%) Power BI
14 16 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
15 13 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.89%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.89%) Tableau
17 8 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 171 (13.77%) Git
2 120 (9.66%) Jenkins
3 58 (4.67%) JIRA
3 58 (4.67%) JUnit
4 52 (4.19%) GitLab
5 48 (3.86%) Selenium
6 40 (3.22%) Mockito
7 34 (2.74%) Cucumber
8 33 (2.66%) JMeter
9 22 (1.77%) TeamCity
10 21 (1.69%) Maven
11 16 (1.29%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.05%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
13 12 (0.97%) Snyk
13 12 (0.97%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.89%) git-flow
14 11 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
14 11 (0.89%) Postman
14 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
General
1 407 (32.77%) Finance
2 340 (27.38%) Social Skills
3 199 (16.02%) Law
4 183 (14.73%) Banking
5 141 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 101 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
7 80 (6.44%) Public Sector
8 64 (5.15%) Marketing
9 61 (4.91%) Retail
10 51 (4.11%) Financial Institution
11 36 (2.90%) Games
12 30 (2.42%) Billing
12 30 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (2.25%) Back Office
14 25 (2.01%) Dutch Language
14 25 (2.01%) French Language
15 24 (1.93%) Legal
16 23 (1.85%) Front Office
17 21 (1.69%) Telecoms
18 18 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 422 (33.98%) Developer
2 283 (22.79%) Software Engineer
3 259 (20.85%) Senior
4 225 (18.12%) Architect
5 224 (18.04%) Lead
6 115 (9.26%) Java Developer
7 111 (8.94%) Solutions Architect
8 109 (8.78%) Java Engineer
9 108 (8.70%) .NET Developer
10 83 (6.68%) Java Software Engineer
11 82 (6.60%) Senior Developer
12 73 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 73 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 70 (5.64%) Lead Developer
14 55 (4.43%) Lead Software Engineer
15 52 (4.19%) Software Developer
16 47 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 40 (3.22%) C# Developer
17 40 (3.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 40 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (26.17%) .NET
2 275 (22.14%) RESTful
3 253 (20.37%) Spring
4 246 (19.81%) React
5 237 (19.08%) Kafka
6 212 (17.07%) Spring Boot
7 205 (16.51%) REST
8 144 (11.59%) AngularJS
9 133 (10.71%) .NET Core
10 120 (9.66%) Node.js
11 114 (9.18%) HTML
12 81 (6.52%) .NET Framework
13 80 (6.44%) Web Services
14 79 (6.36%) CSS
15 77 (6.20%) ASP.NET
16 72 (5.80%) Hibernate
16 72 (5.80%) RabbitMQ
17 67 (5.39%) ASP.NET Web API
18 65 (5.23%) Entity Framework
19 55 (4.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 368 (29.63%) Cloud Native
2 190 (15.30%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (8.29%) Product Ownership
4 96 (7.73%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (3.62%) Algorithms
7 42 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
7 42 (3.38%) Virtual Team
8 35 (2.82%) Mobile App
8 35 (2.82%) Public Cloud
9 34 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
10 33 (2.66%) Onboarding
11 31 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (2.17%) Data Structures
12 27 (2.17%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.85%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.77%) Low-Code
15 19 (1.53%) Client/Server
16 17 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
17 16 (1.29%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.83%) Linux
2 31 (2.50%) Windows
3 14 (1.13%) Android
4 9 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.32%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) CentOS
7 2 (0.16%) Debian
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.081%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (52.17%) Agile
2 589 (47.42%) CI/CD
3 498 (40.10%) DevOps
4 448 (36.07%) Software Engineering
5 263 (21.18%) Containerisation
6 246 (19.81%) AI
7 244 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 229 (18.44%) Mentoring
9 228 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (16.34%) Event-Driven
11 197 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 197 (15.86%) TDD
12 190 (15.30%) SDLC
13 171 (13.77%) Test Automation
14 169 (13.61%) Roadmaps
15 148 (11.92%) Fintech
16 144 (11.59%) Scrum
17 141 (11.35%) Architectural Patterns
18 139 (11.19%) Computer Science
19 137 (11.03%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 470 (37.84%) Java
2 335 (26.97%) C#
3 302 (24.32%) Python
4 299 (24.07%) SQL
5 254 (20.45%) JavaScript
6 181 (14.57%) TypeScript
7 62 (4.99%) Go
8 49 (3.95%) Kotlin
9 39 (3.14%) Shell Script
10 23 (1.85%) PHP
11 21 (1.69%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.69%) Scala
12 19 (1.53%) Rust
13 16 (1.29%) C++
13 16 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 14 (1.13%) C
15 12 (0.97%) Ruby
16 9 (0.72%) Bash
17 8 (0.64%) Bicep
18 6 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 171 (13.77%) Degree
2 108 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 100 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 79 (6.36%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.23%) AWS Certification
6 54 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 38 (3.06%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 34 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.37%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.64%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.64%) PMP
12 7 (0.56%) CISM
12 7 (0.56%) CISSP
13 5 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.32%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (7.33%) QA
2 31 (2.50%) GDPR
3 23 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.89%) NIST
5 11 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.89%) SLA
6 9 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 8 (0.64%) IFRS
7 8 (0.64%) IFRS 17
7 8 (0.64%) Solvency II
8 7 (0.56%) EMIR
9 6 (0.48%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.40%) SEPA
11 4 (0.32%) NCSC
12 3 (0.24%) WCAG
13 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 388 (31.24%) Docker
2 14 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) HDFS
6 2 (0.16%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.16%) vSphere
7 1 (0.081%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 413 (33.25%) Kubernetes
2 174 (14.01%) Terraform
3 57 (4.59%) Grafana
4 40 (3.22%) Ansible
5 32 (2.58%) Prometheus
6 31 (2.50%) Kibana
7 17 (1.37%) Argo
8 16 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.64%) Mesos
10 5 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.32%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.32%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) Istio
12 2 (0.16%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.081%) Nagios
Vendors
1 194 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.31%) Oracle
3 34 (2.74%) Guidewire
4 30 (2.42%) Splunk
5 29 (2.33%) Google
6 26 (2.09%) Dynatrace
7 25 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.85%) SAP
9 20 (1.61%) BiZZdesign
10 19 (1.53%) OpenAI
11 14 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 13 (1.05%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.05%) VMware
13 11 (0.89%) Black Duck
13 11 (0.89%) UiPath
14 10 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
14 10 (0.81%) Duck Creek
14 10 (0.81%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.81%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.81%) ServiceNow